Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Seoul, South Korea
17 September 1988 (1988-09-17) – 2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Competitors481 (319 men, 162 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Aleksandr Karelin (wrestling)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
55
Silver
31
Bronze
46
Total
132
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (1994–)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (1994–)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (1994–)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (1994–)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova (1994–)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1994–2016)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (1994–)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (1994–)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan (1996–)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (1996–)
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan (1996–)
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports. [1] Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.

Contents

The Soviet Union dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. It is the largest Olympic medal tally in history achieved by a non-host nation. Currently, China's and the United States' 48 gold medals in 2008 and 2012 respectively, and the United States' 126 total medals in 2024 are the closest results to the USSR's 1988 performance. The Soviet Union medal tally currently ranks fourth both in terms of gold and total medals, after the United States' 1984 performance, the Soviet Union's 1980 performance, the United States' 1904 performance, and Great Britain's 1908 performance.

Medalists

The Soviet Union finished first in the medal standings with 55 gold and 132 total medals.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 336
Athletics 394485
Basketball 121224
Boxing 12–12
Canoeing 12517
Cycling 14418
Diving 448
Equestrian 628
Fencing 15520
Field hockey 15015
Football 18–18
Gymnastics 6814
Handball 141529
Judo 7–7
Modern pentathlon 3–3
Rowing 302353
Sailing 13215
Shooting 17623
Swimming 19827
Synchronized swimming –33
Table tennis 235
Tennis 436
Volleyball 121224
Water polo 13–13
Weightlifting 9–9
Wrestling 20–20
Total321162483

Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's tournament:

Men's tournament:

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:13.49 (→ 10th place)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification — 7.89m
  • Final — 7.89m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — DNF (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's discus throw

  • Qualification – 65.58m
  • Final – 67.48m (→ Med 2.png Silver medal)
  • Qualification – 62.08m
  • Final – 66.42m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification – 60.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's shot put

  • Qualification — 20.48m
  • Final — 20.36m (→ 8th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 81.24m
  • Final — 84.80m (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
  • Qualification — 78.48m
  • Final — 83.76m (→ Med 2.png Silver medal)
  • Qualification — 69.68m
  • Final — 81.16m (→ Med 3.png Bronze medal)

Men's javelin throw

  • Qualification — 79.26m
  • Final — 82.32m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 80.26m
  • Final — 79.12m (→ 7th place)

Men's decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.23s
  2. Long Jump — 7.28m
  3. Shot Put — 15.25m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 48.60s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.76s
  7. Discus Throw — 48.02m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
  9. Javelin Throw — 59.48m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:52.24s

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:20:47 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 1:22:32 (→ 14th place)
  • Final — 1:24:39 (→ 27th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3:38:29 (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
  • Final — 3:41:00 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 3:59:23 (→ 26th place)

Women's competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:27.14
  • Final — 3:15.18 (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:27.05 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 2:30.25 (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 2:33.19 (→ 16th place)

Women's discus throw

  • Qualification – 63.26m
  • Final – 68.94m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification – 64.32m
  • Final – 64.08m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification – 62.54m
  • Final – NM (→ no ranking)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualification – 63.24m
  • Final – 67.00m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification – 64.44m
  • Final – 64.84m (→ 6th place)

Women's shot put

  • Qualification – 19.78m
  • Final – 22.24m (→ Med 1.png Gold medal)
  • Qualification – 19.40m
  • Final – 20.13m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6540 points (→ 4th place)
  • Final Result — 6456 points (→ 5th place)
  • Final Result — 6232 points (→ 10th place)

Basketball

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Soviet Union roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [3]

Soviet Union men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F/C 4 Alexander Volkov 24 – (1964-03-29)29 March 19642.08 m (6 ft 10 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
PG 5 Tiit Sokk 23 – (1964-11-15)15 November 19641.91 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Kalev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
F 6 Sergei Tarakanov 30 – (1958-04-25)25 April 19582.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
SG 7 Šarūnas Marčiulionis 24 – (1964-06-13)13 June 19641.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Statyba Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
G 8 Igors Miglinieks 24 – (1964-05-04)4 May 19641.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
F 9 Valeri Tikhonenko 24 – (1964-08-19)19 August 19642.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC SKA Alma-Ata Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
SG 10 Rimas Kurtinaitis 28 – (1960-05-15)15 May 19601.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
C 11 Arvydas Sabonis 23 – (1964-12-19)19 December 19642.20 m (7 ft 3 in) BC Žalgiris Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
C 12 Viktor Pankrashkin 30 – (1957-12-10)10 December 19572.20 m (7 ft 3 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
PG 13 Valdemaras Chomičius 29 – (1959-05-04)4 May 19591.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
C 14 Alexander Belostenny 29 – (1959-02-24)24 February 19592.14 m (7 ft 0 in) BC Budivelnyk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
C 15 Valery Goborov 22 – (1966-01-20)20 January 19662.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Head coach
Alexander Gomelsky
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 541468384+849 [a] Quarterfinals
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 541460393+679 [a]
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 532429408+218 [b]
4Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 532382387−58 [b]
5Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 514346436−906 9th–12th classification round
6Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea (H)505384461−775
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
18 September 1988
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg79–92Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53
20 September 1988
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg69–91Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 35–53, 34–38
21 September 1988
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg81–93 (OT)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:39–37, 37–39  Overtime: 5–17
23 September 1988
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg73–110Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 38–59, 35–51
24 September 1988
Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svg78–87Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–40, 47–47
Quarterfinals
26 September 1988
19:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg110–105Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47
Pts: Kurtinaitis 24
Rebs: Sabonis 9
Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 2		Pts: Schmidt 46
Rebs: Israel 11
Asts: Maury 5
Semifinals
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
12:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg76–82Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 37–47, 39–35
Pts: Robinson 19
Rebs: Robinson 12
Asts: Coles 2		Pts: Kurtinaitis 28
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Volkov 5
Gold medal match
30 September 1988 (1988-09-30)
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg63–76Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45
Pts: Petrović 24
Rebs: Divac 7
Asts: Petrović 4		Pts: Marčiulionis 21
Rebs: Sabonis 15
Asts: Marčiulionis 6

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Soviet Union roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [4]

Soviet Union women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
4 Olga Yevkova 23 – (1965-07-15)15 July 1965
5 Irina Gerlits 22 – (1966-04-29)29 April 1966
6 Olesya Barel 28 – (1960-02-09)9 February 1960 Flag of Hungary.svg
G 7 Irina Sumnikova 23 – (1964-10-15)15 October 19641.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
8 Olga Buryakina 30 – (1958-03-17)17 March 1958
9 Olga Yakovleva 24 – (1963-12-15)15 December 1963
10 Irina Minkh 24 – (1964-04-16)16 April 1964 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
11 Aleksandra Leonova 24 – (1964-09-04)4 September 1964
C 12 Yelena Khudashova 23 – (1965-07-10)10 July 19651.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Flag of Italy.svg
13 Vitalija Tuomaitė 23 – (1964-11-22)22 November 1964
C 14 Natalya Zasulskaya 19 – (1969-05-28)28 May 19691.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
15 Galina Savitskaya 27 – (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 Flag of Spain.svg
Head coach
Leonid Yachmenev
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
PosTeam
PldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 321178196−185 [a] Semifinals
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 321208188+205 [a]
3Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 312217241−244 [b] Classification round
4Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea (H)312244222+224 [b]
Source: FIBA [ dead link ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea
19 September 1988
11:45
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg62–91Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17
Rebs: Staneva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 3		Pts: Zasulskaya 23
Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10
Asts: Minkh 4
22 September 1988
11:45
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg66–69Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:35–33, 31–36
Pts: Choi 20
Rebs: Sung 14		Pts: Savitskaya 18
Rebs: Savitskaya 6
Asts: Sumnikova 2
25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
21:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg60–48Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 8
Asts: Maher 6		Pts: Yakovleva 13
Rebs:4 players 4
Asts: Minkh 2
Semifinals
27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
11:45
United States  Flag of the United States.svg102–88Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper 27
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 6		Pts: Zasulskaya 16
Rebs: Tuomaitė 6
Asts: Yakovleva 2
Bronze medal match
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
21:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg53–68Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36
Pts: Maher 22
Rebs: Maher, Timms 3
Asts: Maher 4		Pts: Savitskaya 16
Rebs: Yakovleva 7
Asts: Buryakina 2

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Aleksandr Portnov 3 m springboard 561.8112 Q563.3710
Valery Goncharov 570.6311 Q554.1612
Giorgi Chogovadze 10 m platform 540.907 Q585.964
Vladimir Timoshinin 570.754 Q534.668
Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Irina Lashko 3 m springboard 488.433 Q526.654
Marina Babkova 456.428 Q506.435
Anzhela Stasyulevich 10 m platform 401.045 Q386.224
Yelena Miroshina 399.276 Q381.936

Equestrian

Men's show jump team

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's tournament

  • Soviet Union – India 1–0
  • Soviet Union – South Korea 3–1
  • Soviet Union – Canada 0–0
  • Soviet Union – Great Britain 1–3
  • Soviet Union – West Germany 0–6
  • 5th–8th place: Soviet Union – Pakistan 0–1
  • 7th–8th place: Soviet Union – Argentina 4–1 (→ 7th place)

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1988. Vaho Iagorashvili won a bronze in the individual event.

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 30 male and 23 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1988. [5]

Men's competition
Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's quadruple sculls
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight
Women's competition
Women's single sculls
Women's double sculls
Women's coxless pair
Women's quadruple sculls
Women's coxed four
Women's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

Men's tournament

  • Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
  • Defeated Sweden (3–0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Italy (3–1)
  • Lost to Brazil (2–3)
  • Defeated Argentina (3–0)
  • Lost to the United States (1–3) → Med 2.png Silver medal

Women's tournament

  • Lost to Japan (2–3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–2)
  • Defeated East Germany (3–0)
  • Defeated PR China (3–0)
  • Defeated Peru (3–2) → Med 1.png Gold medal

Water polo

Men's tournament

  • Drew with Italy (9–9)
  • Defeated Australia (11–4)
  • Defeated France (14–8)
  • Defeated South Korea (17–4)
  • Lost to West Germany (8–9)
  • Lost to United States (7–8)
  • Defeated West Germany (14–13) → Med 3.png Bronze medal

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete

EventFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundFinal roundRank
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR 613149141
2Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR 19132456
3Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR 143825
4Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR 113317
5Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg  Kazakh SSR 83819
6Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR 51511
7Flag of Latvian SSR.svg  Latvian SSR 5106
8Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg  Moldavian SSR 2327
9Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR 2204
10Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Estonian SSR 2125
11Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR 2114
12Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg  Uzbek SSR 1214
13Flag of Kyrgyz SSR.svg  Kirghiz SSR 1203
14Flag of Tajik SSR.svg  Tajik SSR 1001
Totals (14 entries)13466103303

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Olympedia – Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org.
  3. ↑ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA . Retrieved 30 July 2018.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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